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DIVISION 6. PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS 6000-6954›PART 1. PARTISAN PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARIES 6000-6884›CHAPTER 3. American Independent Party Presidential Primary 6500-6647›ARTICLE 5. Preparation, Circulation, and Filing of Nomination Papers 6580-6599

§ 6597

California Elections Code · 2026 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California

Within five days after any nomination papers are left with him or her for examination, the elections official shall:

(a) Examine and affix to them a certificate reciting that he or she has examined them and stating the number of names which have not been marked “not sufficient.”

(b) Transmit the papers with the certificate of examination to the Secretary of State, who shall file the papers.

(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)

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